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David Niven
Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
Margaret Leighton
Marguerite Blakeney
Cyril Cusack
Chauvelin
Jack Hawkins
Prince of Wales
Arlette Marchal
Contesses de Tournai
Gérard Néry
Philippe de Tournai
Charles Victor
Colonel Winterbotham
Danielle Godet
Suzanne de Tournai
Edmond Audran
Armand St. Juste
Eugene Deckers
Captain Merieres
David Oxley
Captain Duroc
Raymond Rollett
Bibot
Philip Stainton
Jellyband
John Longden
The Abbot
George De Warfaz
Baron
Arthur Wontner
Lord Grenville
Richard George
Sir John Coke
David Hutcheson
Lord Anthony Dewhurst
Robert Coote
Sir Andrew ffoulkes
Patrick Macnee
Hon. John Bristow
Terence Alexander
Duke of Dorset
Richmond Nairne
Beau Pepys
Howard Vernon
Comte de Tournai

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 04 2022

David Niven takes on the mantle of Baroness Orczy's hero in this classy but a little lightweight take on the escapades of the "Scarlet Pimpernel". Hugely successful at smuggling doomed artisto's from under the nose of the Reign of Terror, the French authorities charge "Chauvelin" (Cyril Cusack) to track down the culprit. He has some leverage with the new and glamorous "Lady Blakeney" (Margaret Leighton) and so offers her the life of her brother if she will agree to help him. She just happens to be married to the foppish "Sir Percy", but is he so useless as his persona suggests? Niven is on quit...